Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19514, Nathaniel Glover, Continental (Mass)

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (Mass) Glover, Nathaniel Mary
W 19514
CONTENTS

X Massachusetts-255
Mary Glover widow of Nathaniel Glover, Decd. Mass who was a prisoner under the Act of 18 March, 1818 and who died on the 22 d October, 1822 - of Suffolk co. in the State of Mass s . who was a pri. of Art y . in the army commanded by Captain Drey of the reg t - commanded by Col. Know - in the Mass s line for 20 mos. private N Artillery -
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass s . - at the rate of 83 Dollars 32 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1830.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of Sep- tember, 1838 and sent to W. Ren- ben Baldwin, Esq. Boston.
Arrears to the 4 th of Sept. 1838 = $209.30 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar. 39 = 44.66
$250.96
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by S. A. Elliott, Clerk Book A, Vol. 1. Page 90.

No. 043
Massachusetts
Nathaniel Glover
Boston in the state of Mass s who was a private in the regiment commanded by colonel Hovey of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 1 year & 8 months
enrolled on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 11 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd of July 1819 and sent to William Wetmore Judge Boston Mass.
  Arrears to 4th of March 1819  86.36    Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819  48.00    10m. 520 / 30  4 / 31 . . . . .  $134.36  
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Dea d .
See lett to Reuben Baldwin VP agt. apt. 20. 1836.
Nathaniel Glover Boston, Mass. Oct 4, 1820

Nathaniel Glover
Conlon
12,043 — July, 19

District of Massachusetts, ss.
ON this fifteenth day of July 182 0 personally appeared, in open Court, being a Court of Record, viz. The District Court of the United States for the said District, Nathaniel Glover aged Sixty five years, resident in Boston in the County of Suffolk, in said District, Carpenter who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: Viz. — Enlisted in January 1776 in the Company Commanded by Captain Dury in the Massachusetts Re- giment Commanded by Colonel Knowl and Served in said Corps principally in New York until December 1776 when he was honorably discharged but not in writing. He made his original application on the Eleventh day of April 1818 and the number of his pension cer- tificate is 13043.
And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons, engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Nath Glover
Sworn to and declared, on the fifteenth day of July A. D. 182 0 before
John Davis. { Judge of the Massachusetts District Court.
I, JOHN WATSON DAVIS, Clerk of the Massachusetts District Court, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedule hereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value, of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is
Thirty two dollars and _____ cents
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty fifth day of July 182 0
John Davis { Clerk of the U. S. District Court, for the Massachusetts District.

Schedule —
  12 Chairs — — — — — 6.   Secretary — — — — — 10.   Two Tables — — — — — 7. —   Kitchen furniture — — — — — 5. —   Andirons Shovel Stovys — — — — — 5. —   $ 33. — 
The above is a true inventory and Schedule of all my property. There are two persons only in my family. Myself and wife. I am sixty five years of age a carpenter by trade but am too infirm to labour in it. I hold the office of a Surveyor of lumber but am prevented by sickness from performing its duties. My wife Mary is aged fifty eight years and able to earn her subsistence. —
Heath Glover.

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Additional proof of service wa Adm l —
Certified 23. June 1819. by his surviving Officer
The Jdge, at Boston, Mass.
$3.00 flourish

State of Massachusetts.
I Nathaniel Glover a Citizen of the United States, now resident at Boston in the County of Suffolk in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, on sometime in the month of April or May Anno Domini Seventeen hundred and seventy five
I entered and was engaged in the Land - service of the United States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to the beginning of the year Seventeen hundred & seventy seven in the Massachusetts line of the army.
as a private against the common enemy, without any interruption or absence: that I belonged to the Artillery Company of Captain Crane for eight months & to the Company of Capt. Green & Regiment of Colonel Brooks for one year having enlisted therein immediately on the expiration of eight months for the term of one year serving as an orderly Sargent and that I left the service on the expiration of the term being then honorably discharged but the certificate of such discharge being lost by lapse of time and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of sixty three years.
And I hereby relinquish all claim to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any may be or hath been so allowed.
Nath Glover
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this eleventh day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen Pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," made and passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me
the subscriber, one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas within the State & presiding pro hac vice
the abovenamed Nathaniel Glover and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence; and, on examination duly made by me the said Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true. In testimony
Whereof I hereunto affix my name & the seal of said Court.
Wm. Wetmore
I also certify that the within named deponent
Joseph

Joseph Chandler is a person of credit & disinterested: Witness my hand & the seal of said Court, Wm Wetmore
June 23 d 1819. I now further certify, the affidavit testimony & certificate of Lieut. John Chandler, herunto subjoined, supple- mentary to the former evidence - and that he is a reputable credible & disinterested Witness - also that the S d Nathaniel Glover is yet as he hath been for some years past in such reduced circum- stances in life & so poor as to require the assistance of his country for his support. Witness my hand & the seal of the Court as within affixed Wm Wetmore

I Joseph Chandler of Boston, testify that in the year 1776 I was a private in Capt Denny's Company in Col. Knox's Regiment of Artillery on the Continental establishment & well knew Nathaniel Glover of this town & that he served with me in the same company during the same year. J. Chandler
Sworn to before me. 11. Apr 1818
Wm Wetmore the Judge within named
I John Chandler of Salem in the State of Massachusetts do depose & say, that in the year 1775 in the war of the revolution I was an orderly Sargent in the pay of the United Colonies in the Artillery Company of Capt Evans for the first eight months service, at the expiration of which term I was promoted to a lieutenancy in the Company of Capt Denny in Col. Knox's Regiment of Artillery, on the Continental Establishment, & very well remember the within named declarant, Nathaniel Glover, & that he served faithfully as a private in the company of Capt Evans as stated by him for eight months in the year 1775. at the expiration of which term, he entered & enlisted into the company of Capt Denny, of which I was a Lieutenant as aforesaid, & acted served therein as an orderly Sargent therein for one whole year when he was honourably discharged; the service for the one year & eight months being one entire & uninterrupted; I served all that time, & have recd my pension Certificate. John Chandler
June 23 d 1819. Sworn to before me
Wm Wetmore the Judge within named

Mary Glover Widow of Nathaniel Glover
Ad July 7. 1888
Admitted
Private of Artillery 20 months -
Reuben Baldwin Esq Boston
Massachusetts

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Suffolk County } ss }
On this ninth day of August in the Year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty eight personally appeared before the Hon Peter O Thacher Judge of the Municipal Court for the City of Boston and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Mary Glover a resident of Boston Aged Seventy seven years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows,"
That She is the Widow of Nathaniel Glover late of Boston deceased who was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution and served one year in the Mass s line for which Service he said Nathaniel Glover drew a pension from the United States under the Act of March 18, 1818
She further declares that She was married to said Nathaniel Glover on the Fourth day of August in the Year Seventeen hundred eighty and that her husband Nathaniel Glover afterwards died on the twenty second day of October in the Year Eighteen hundred and twenty two that her marriage to him was not prior to his leaving the Service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January Seventeen hundred & thirty four at the time above stated, and She has not married since the death of her husband Nathaniel Glover aforesaid
Witness to signature Peter O Thacher
Mary her X Glover mark

Subscribed and sworn to, on the day and year first above written, (August 9 th 1838), before me:— and thereby certify that the within named Mary Glover, by reason of bodily infirmity, is unable personally to attend in court.
Boston, August 9 th 1838.
Peter O. Thacher, Judge of the Mu- nicipal Court of the City of Boston
I William Glover of Boston in the County of Suffolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Aged Fifty Six Years do on Oath testify and say that I am the reputed Son of the late Nathaniel Glover de- ceased and his Wife, now living Widow Mary Glover of Boston and I have often heard my Father speak of his Service in the War of the Revolution. He drew a pension from the United States under the Act of March 18 1818 until his death, which occurred at Boston on the twenty Second day of October in the Year Eighteen hundred and twenty two and left his Widow Mary Glover who is still living in Boston and she has not married since the death of her husband Nathaniel Glover aforesaid
Will m Glover
State of Massachusetts Suffolk County ss
On this eleventh day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight personally appeared the above named William Glover and made solemn oath that the foregoing declaration by him subscribed is true. Before me Augustus Peabody Justice of the Peace for said County I further certify that from what I have heard of said Glover from those who know him well he may be relied on as a man of respectability, truth & veracity. Augustus Peabody

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
City of Boston, August 9. 1838.
I the subscriber do hereby certify, that it appears by the Registry of marriages in the town (now city) of Boston, there is the following record of marriage, viz: Nathaniel Glover & Mary Siders, married by the Rev. Sam: Stillman, fourth August, one thousand seven hundred & eighty.
That it is a true copy of the record, with the exception of the date, which is expressed in the record in fair legible figures.
Nathaniel Glover & Mary Siders, married by the Rev. Sam: Stillman, 4 th Aug. 1780.
Samuel F. McCleary, City Clerk.
I Samuel F. McCleary, above named, do hereby say, that I hold the office of City Clerk of the City of Boston, in the County of Suffolk, State aforesaid, & that the above is a true extract from the records of marriages in said Boston, with the exception above named, as certified by me.
Samuel F. McCleary
Suffolk, ss. Boston August 9. 1838. The above named Samuel F. McCleary personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the above certificate by him subscribed.
Before me, H. Watson Justice of the peace
and made solemn oath by him subscribed is true
Before me Augustus Peabody Justice of the Peace for said County
I further certify that from what I know and have heard of said August, he is a man of respectability, and a man of truth and veracity.
Augustus Peabody

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Suffolk ss; I, Thomas W. Phillips, Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston hereby certify that Peter O. Thacher Esquire is sole Judge of said Municipal Court, also that Augustus Peabody Esquire & Thomas Welmore Esquire are severally Justices of the Peace in said County of Suffolk, & that the Signatures on these papers, purporting to be the Signatures of said Thacher, Peabody and Welmore, are genuine. Said Thacher's Signa- ture is affixed twice, said Peabody's Signa- ture is affixed five times, said Welmore's signature is affixed once. Witness my hand & the seal of said Court hereto set this thirteenth day of August A.D. eighteen hundred & thirty eight. — Thomas W. Phillips, Clerk of said Municipal Court.
and made solemn oath by him subscribed is true
Before me Augustus Peabody Justice of the Peace for said County I further certify that from what I know and have heard of said August, he is a man of respectability, and a man of truth and decency. Augustus Peabody

I James Sargent of Boston in the County of Suffolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Aged Sixty Seven Years do on Oath testify and say That I knew Nathaniel Glenn late of Boston in the Fifty years ago. and Conti- nued intimate with him until the day of his death and was at his Funeral. I have often heard him speak of his Service in the War of the Revolution and relate many incidents. but I have not charged my memory with the particulars. He died in Boston in the year Eighteen hundred and twenty two and left his Widow Mary who I have known ever since my acquaintance with said Nathaniel Glenn, they were many years near Neighbors of mine and almost daily intercourse passed between us. I have seen her recently. She is now living in Boston and has not married since the death of her husband Nathaniel Glenn of record
the words "her marriage to" inserted and "my acquaintance with" --- } interlined before signing Attest A Peabody
James Sargent
State of Massachusetts — Suffolk County ss. On this eleventh day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight per- sonally appeared the above named James Sargent and made solemn oath that the foregoing declaration by him subscribed is true — Before me
Augustus Peabody
Justice of the Peace for said County
I further certify that from what I know and have heard of said Sargent, he is a man of respectability and a man of truth and integrity.
Augustus Peabody

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
Rev
File No. 19514
Mary Glover Widow of Nathaniel Glover Prv: Rev. Wm
Act: July 7 th 1838
Index:—Vol. 24, Page 276
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Nathaniel Elmer of Massachusetts, act 18th Mar. 1828. During  rough period was this man last paid?
He was paid t. the 4th of 1822

Endorsed
Honorable J. B. Calhoun
Secretary of War
Washington City
Henry Remsen

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Aug 77.
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7 July 1838.
James L. Edwards Esq Comm r of pensions Washington

Sir
Boston Massachusetts August 13 th , 1838
Therein enclose Documents in support of, the claim to a pension under the Act of July 7, 1838 by Mrs Mary Glover, widow of Nathaniel Glover deceased who was a Soldier in the Mass ts line in the War of the Revolution, and drew a pension in the County of Suffolk. After the usual examination of this case please to inform me of the result at this place
I am Very respectfully Your Obedt
Reuben Baldwin
J. L. Edwards Esq Comm r of Pensions Washington

Boston. Massachusetts
April 13 th 1836.
Sir
I transmit herewith the papers and Documents, in relation to the balance of Pension due Mary Glover of this city, who is the Widow and Relict of Nathaniel Glover, late of this city, deceased;
Should her claim be considered admissible, you will please transmit such instructions as will enable me to draw said balance, agreeably to the power of Attorney executed to me for that purpose.
Please answer this communication and forward the same directed to me at this place
Very Respectfully Sir I am Your Obedient Servant
(ought to be signed)
Reuben Baldwin
J. L. Edwards Esqr Commis r . of Pensions Washington